Lesson Seven: Challenges to Liberalism With Alternative Thought

3. Lesson 4.7.2 Religious Perspectives

Challenges to Liberalism: Religious Perspectives

Religious beliefs can include the idea that the best interest of the group is more important than self-interest. Some groups believe that people should live communally and share the profits of their work. For example, the Hutterites in Canada live together and give everything to the community; they keep nothing for personal gain.

Some religions believe that men and women are fundamentally different and that there should be different laws according to gender.

Religions can also have a belief in a higher power that tells people what to do. This can happen through answers to prayer or guidelines in a religious book such as the Christian Bible, the Jewish Torah, or the Muslim Koran.